Resource Allocation and Productivity in Education
Theory and Practice
- 264 pages
- English
- PDF
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Resource Allocation and Productivity in Education
Theory and Practice
About this book
Resource allocation decisions made by school boards, principals, and teachers are critical for they determine the adequacy and equity of resources actually made available for specific schools, educational programs and individual students. The most important resources are often concealed by aggregate state or district measures such as dollars per student. For these decisions, the most important resources are elements such as basic and supplemental staffing levels, staff time, funding amounts for textbooks and supplies, selection of new equipment (particularly technology), and support for new or renovated facilities. The authors review current practices at each important decision-making level in school districts, from the school board to the classroom. At each juncture, the findings are interpreted to reveal both the causes of the practices and their implications for improving school effectiveness. This book provides new research in helping to inform and improve resource allocation practices in schools. The general conclusion is that improvement in the resource allocation practices in education requires a shift in focus to results instead of inputs, a strong emphasis on student learning as the primary focus of decisions, and systematic evaluation of results.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Introduction and Overview
- 1: Productive Schools from a Policy Perspective: Desiderata, Designs, and Dilemmas
- 2: The Politics of Educational Productivity
- 3: The New Politics of Information in Education: Five Dimensions of the Change from District-Level to School-Site Financial Analysis
- 4: The Role of the School Board in Resource Allocation
- 5: Reconciling Equity and Excellence: Resource Allocation in School Districts
- 6: Understanding Resource Allocation in High Schools
- 7: Allocation and Distribution of Resources in High Schools
- 8: Transcending the Effects of School Size on the High School Curriculum
- 9: Resource Use and Student Achievement in Elementary Schools
- 10: A Policy Framework for School Resource Allocation
- Index
- About the Editors and Contributors